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director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan you mentioned john brennan and i want to ask you about him the future head of the c.i. what kind of a cia chief is he going to be in your opinion i think he's going to be somebody who will be extremely aggressive and who will probably be comfortable. walking on the edge of the law you worked with him i did i worked with john brennan for many years and i know him pretty well. mr kaplan you yourself supported torture before you were against it what happened what changed your position well let me correct you on that and this is something that that i think most americans missed in my original n.b.c. interview i was trying to draw a
director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan you mentioned john brennan...
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outside of a justin bieber concert i mean look at them they're all swooning getting autographs from obama or you know what he might just be signing off on another kill list right here but seriously though president obama did take the opportunity last night to make some very important declarations starting with afghanistan announcing that thirty four thousand u.s. troops will be coming home and the next year the war will for sure be over great news don't get me wrong. i just want the president to be clear that we're definitely point zero of our troops out from the country by twenty fourteen bright . young twenty fourteen america's commitment to a unified and sovereign afghanistan will endure but the nature of our commitment will change we're negotiating an agreement with the afghan government that focuses on two missions training and equipping afghan forces so that the country does not again slip into chaos and counterterrorism efforts that allow us to pursue the remnants of al qaeda and their affiliates training forces ok so in other words keeping troops on the ground beyond twenty fourte
outside of a justin bieber concert i mean look at them they're all swooning getting autographs from obama or you know what he might just be signing off on another kill list right here but seriously though president obama did take the opportunity last night to make some very important declarations starting with afghanistan announcing that thirty four thousand u.s. troops will be coming home and the next year the war will for sure be over great news don't get me wrong. i just want the president...
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outside of a justin bieber concert i mean look at them they're all swooning getting autographs from obama or you know what he might just be signing off on another kill list right here but seriously though president obama did take the opportunity last night to make some very important declarations starting with afghanistan announcing that thirty four thousand u.s. troops will be coming home and next year the war will for sure be over great news don't get me wrong i just want the president to be clear that we're definitely pulling all of our troops out from the country by twenty fourteen right. you know on twenty fourteen america's commitment to a unified and sovereign afghanistan will endure but the nature of our commitment will change we're negotiating an agreement with the afghan government that focuses on two missions training and equipping afghan forces so that the country does not again slip into chaos and counterterrorism efforts that allow us to pursue the remnants of al qaeda and their affiliates training forces ok so in other words keeping troops on the ground beyond twenty fourte
outside of a justin bieber concert i mean look at them they're all swooning getting autographs from obama or you know what he might just be signing off on another kill list right here but seriously though president obama did take the opportunity last night to make some very important declarations starting with afghanistan announcing that thirty four thousand u.s. troops will be coming home and next year the war will for sure be over great news don't get me wrong i just want the president to be...
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corruption and an abuse of the process the obama administration is now promising to draft a new national polygraph policy that would prevent agencies from pushing legal or ethical boundaries during screenings but at the moment the program has no oversight or accountability meaning tens of thousands of u.s. citizens will continue getting personally probes in the name of national security bring up or not our team new york. the cia veteran who revealed america's top program gets thirty months in jail but has spoken to r.t. about what led him to blow the whistle and why the government was so eager to get him behind bars the full interview next. the way. i. was able to build the most sophisticated. tim's mission to teach me the creation of. this is why you should. only. john kiriakou will with me today a former cia official who blew the whistle on the agency's torture practices after nine eleven john kiriakou served as the chief of counterterrorist operations in pakistan mystically are always were totally praised at the agency for his role in the capture of abu zubaydah who back in two thousa
corruption and an abuse of the process the obama administration is now promising to draft a new national polygraph policy that would prevent agencies from pushing legal or ethical boundaries during screenings but at the moment the program has no oversight or accountability meaning tens of thousands of u.s. citizens will continue getting personally probes in the name of national security bring up or not our team new york. the cia veteran who revealed america's top program gets thirty months in...
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but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan you mentioned john brennan and i want to ask you about him the future head of the cia what kind of a cia chief is he going to be in your opinion i think he's going to be someb
but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director...
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during his state of the union speech president obama said america needs to boost its help for libya and its neighbors to bring security to the region defending his counterterrorism framework he talked about the fate of the arab spring countries and outlined plans to end america's afghanistan military mission by the end of next year more from our she's going to as you can hear his commentary from washington in his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats that the country speccing first of all pair of spreading to different parts of the world for what he said although the u.s. is pulling troops out of afghanistan america's war on terror will take a listen it's true different al qaeda affiliates and extremist groups have emerged from the reagan peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is of all. but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupying other nations we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the greatest threat to americans although there was no men
during his state of the union speech president obama said america needs to boost its help for libya and its neighbors to bring security to the region defending his counterterrorism framework he talked about the fate of the arab spring countries and outlined plans to end america's afghanistan military mission by the end of next year more from our she's going to as you can hear his commentary from washington in his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats...
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barack obama's state of the union address pledged to pull more troops from afghanistan but questions remain about how many americans will stay in the war zone that is the two thousand and fourteen withdrawal deadline. golden a new report sheds light on the israeli government the country's media. doesn't want to. head away europe's small business government. as pressure mounts during tough financial times . thanks so much for joining us here on our. live in moscow with your news from around the world barack obama devoted to his first state of the union address and that is trying to appease lawmakers and taxpayers with fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt and deficit policy the us president also announced four thousand troops are to leave afghanistan by next february. joining us from the studio to tell us more about this so good to see you so well so what exactly are obama's plans for afghanistan from here on out do you think first off a huge announcement on afghanistan of course after a decade of war like where he said thirty four thousand troops. are coming home in a ye
barack obama's state of the union address pledged to pull more troops from afghanistan but questions remain about how many americans will stay in the war zone that is the two thousand and fourteen withdrawal deadline. golden a new report sheds light on the israeli government the country's media. doesn't want to. head away europe's small business government. as pressure mounts during tough financial times . thanks so much for joining us here on our. live in moscow with your news from around the...
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barack obama's state of the union address pledged to pull more troops from afghanistan but questions remain about how many americans will stay in the war zone that is the two thousand and fourteen withdrawal deadline. silence is golden and you report sheds light on the israeli government censoring the country's media and hushing up cases it doesn't want made public. pack their bags and head away europe's small business owners call the government's suffocating as pressure mounts during tough financial times. thanks so much for joining us here on our. live in moscow with your news from around the world barack obama devoted to his first state of the union address his second town that is trying to appease lawmakers and taxpayers with fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt and deficit foreign policy the us president also announced four thousand troops have to leave afghanistan by next february so now we know joining us from the studios tell us more about this so good to see you so so what exactly are obama's plans for afghanistan from here on out do you think first off a huge
barack obama's state of the union address pledged to pull more troops from afghanistan but questions remain about how many americans will stay in the war zone that is the two thousand and fourteen withdrawal deadline. silence is golden and you report sheds light on the israeli government censoring the country's media and hushing up cases it doesn't want made public. pack their bags and head away europe's small business owners call the government's suffocating as pressure mounts during tough...
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document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what americans could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in a new poll from the public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's a legal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to make what would normally be illegal and legal what's even more disturbing is that as long as it's not americans who are being executed people don't seem to care at all going to the same poll seventy five percent of people approve of drone wars to target whatever the u.s. brands as a quote national security threat is the this exact mentality is the problem this blind faith is what led to americans being the targets of assassinations without due process our silence is complicity what are we going to wake up to this flawed logic when the pr
document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what americans could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in a new poll from the public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's a legal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal...
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and obama's ration was said we're going to look for it not backward but look backward long enough and far enough to actually prosecute indict the two people who blew the whistle on those two programs it has to stop the stand must be taken power doesn't yield socially secret doesn't you'll willingly it doesn't you got to keep exposing disclosing it was going to take more when you start taking our fundamental right see in the thing that makes america america for all of our faults and contradictions even those that built into the original constitution. the thing that makes america america are those precious rights that are granted to us as the people not to the government in the first and fourth amendment are fundamental along with the fifth and sixth. fundamental is the reason why there was an american revolution well maybe it's time for another one. i'm not calling for us to go in the streets and overthrow the government right now but considering how the principles this country was founded on are being eroded by the day we do need a revolution one of ideas and values it was great to ge
and obama's ration was said we're going to look for it not backward but look backward long enough and far enough to actually prosecute indict the two people who blew the whistle on those two programs it has to stop the stand must be taken power doesn't yield socially secret doesn't you'll willingly it doesn't you got to keep exposing disclosing it was going to take more when you start taking our fundamental right see in the thing that makes america america for all of our faults and...
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after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents now obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction of afghanistan and that this year alone it's expected another thirty billion dollars could be spent in eight this as the afghan state is rated one of the most corrupt in the world despite red flags from a watchdog monitory bad aid they say there's no way of ensuring all this money is going to the right place or whose hands the cash is falling into and that it's too dangerous in many places in afghanistan to safely observe what's happening where former and. some have become very rich including western officials well most afghans
after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents now obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the...
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document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what americans could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's illegal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to make what would normally be illegal and legal what's even more disturbing is that as long as it's not americans who are being executed people don't seem to care all of the same poll seventy five percent of people approve of drone wars the target whatever the u.s. brands as a quote national security threat is the this exact mentality is the problem this blind faith is what led to americans being the targets of assassinations without due process our silence is complicity what are we going to wake up to this flawed logic when the. predator drones
document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what americans could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's illegal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework...
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document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what americans could be incinerated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mine shows that forty percent of voters think it's illegal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to make what would normally be illegal and legal what's even more disturbing is that as long as it's not americans who are being executed people don't seem to care all of the same poll seventy five percent of people approve of drone wars to target whatever the u.s. brands as a quote national security threat is the this exact mentality is the problem this blind faith is what led to americans being the targets of assassinations without due process our silence is. well let's see what we're going to wake up to this flawed logic when the predator dron
document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what americans could be incinerated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mine shows that forty percent of voters think it's illegal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework...
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and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is bound to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and it's a battle of david and goliath proportions monsanto versus small farmers coming up a look at the biotech giants battle with small farmers over seeds. it's thursday february fourteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. we began zeroing in on a massive piece of equipment that could transform the way the military conducts its missions drones have made their way into the mainstream conversation as senators demand more transparency on the thus far secret drone campaign as of now we have a drone bases in places like pakistan and djibouti africa and as covert drone warfare becomes a critical foreign policy strategy we can expect even more of these bases to pop up but what if you didn't need to set up a base in these volatile countries well that could be the case of drone aircraft carriers were put to use you are looking at the navy's x. fort
and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is bound to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and it's a battle of david and goliath proportions monsanto versus small farmers coming up a look at the biotech giants battle with small farmers over seeds. it's thursday february fourteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. we began zeroing in on a...
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from our president obama's remarks last night and what it means for the u.s. moving forward our to correspondent back and lopez is here and our very own abby maher and always outspoken welcome ladies so going to start off the president is known as being a good speaker and many say last night is an example of that but is it all talk. it's hard to say right now we've seen over the last four years and give so many of these state of the union speeches every single time he lays out this really bold agenda and we want to say that everything that happens comes true comes into fruition but oftentimes that's just not the case certainly if you know the past year and we look at his first term a lot of those promises made and the prior state of the unions not all of them were those policies were implemented to say the least abbi what do you think i think that it's all tone like you said i mean. talk is bigger whatever actions speak louder than words you know i mean it's really just a bit of mrs obama in his first term you really do bring very little promises to fruition s
from our president obama's remarks last night and what it means for the u.s. moving forward our to correspondent back and lopez is here and our very own abby maher and always outspoken welcome ladies so going to start off the president is known as being a good speaker and many say last night is an example of that but is it all talk. it's hard to say right now we've seen over the last four years and give so many of these state of the union speeches every single time he lays out this really bold...
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obama's ration was said we're going to look for it not backward but look backward long enough and far enough to actually prosecute indict the two people who blew the whistle on those two programs it has to stop the stand must be taken power doesn't yield socially secret power it doesn't you'll willingly it doesn't you've got to keep exposing disclosing it was going to take more when you start taking our fundamental right see in the thing that makes america america for all of our faults and contradictions even those that built into the original constitution the thing that makes america america are those precious rights that are granted to us as the people not to the government in the first in fourth amendment are fundamental along with the fifth and sixth. fundamental is the reason why there was an american revolution well maybe it's time for another one. i'm not calling for us to go in the streets and overthrow the government right now but considering how the principles this country was founded on are being a roaded by the day we do need a revolution one of ideas and values it was gre
obama's ration was said we're going to look for it not backward but look backward long enough and far enough to actually prosecute indict the two people who blew the whistle on those two programs it has to stop the stand must be taken power doesn't yield socially secret power it doesn't you'll willingly it doesn't you've got to keep exposing disclosing it was going to take more when you start taking our fundamental right see in the thing that makes america america for all of our faults and...
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document on the obama administration's and big us criteria for what americans could be incinerated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's illegal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to make what would normally be illegal and legal what's even more disturbing is that as long as it's not americans who are being executed people don't seem to care all of the same poll seventy five percent of people approve of. drone wars the target whatever the u.s. brands as a quote national security threat is the this exact mentality is the problem this blind faith is what led to americans being the targets of assassinations without due process our silence is complicity what are we going to wake up to this flawed logic when the predator drones are above our houses taking out our family and frie
document on the obama administration's and big us criteria for what americans could be incinerated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's illegal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to...
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there's word now that president obama speeding up the transition in afghanistan announcing there will be less u.s. troops there starting this break and a surprise announcement the president today announced a new lease sped up timetable for how the war is going to wind down and afghanistan president obama is pressing ahead with plans for an end game in afghanistan he met yesterday at the white house with visiting afghan president hamid karzai and announced that the u.s. military transition is already underway this is one of the military bases that will no doubt be affected as the u.s. military continues to wind down its presence here in afghanistan here's what the announcement means for the most part up to now american and afghan soldiers have been fighting the taliban side by side in the mountains in the valleys basically wherever the taliban are hiding well that is now changing as of this spring it's afghan soldiers that will be in the lead they will be the ones initiating the combat with the taliban while the american soldiers will only be here to advise and assist when they are req
there's word now that president obama speeding up the transition in afghanistan announcing there will be less u.s. troops there starting this break and a surprise announcement the president today announced a new lease sped up timetable for how the war is going to wind down and afghanistan president obama is pressing ahead with plans for an end game in afghanistan he met yesterday at the white house with visiting afghan president hamid karzai and announced that the u.s. military transition is...
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barack obama used the first state of the union address so of his second term to try and appease lawmakers and taxpayers making fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt on the issue of foreign policy though the u.s. president did announce the thirty four thousand troops will be leaving afghanistan by next february and he said now we know it joins us here on the program to give us the latest on the american president's state of the union a mixed bag of issues certainly domestic take in the forefront of the speech some foreign policy issues though one of the highlights a lot of numbers a big announcement on afghanistan certainly top the address after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents now while obama spent most of his speech talking ab
barack obama used the first state of the union address so of his second term to try and appease lawmakers and taxpayers making fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt on the issue of foreign policy though the u.s. president did announce the thirty four thousand troops will be leaving afghanistan by next february and he said now we know it joins us here on the program to give us the latest on the american president's state of the union a mixed bag of issues certainly domestic take in...
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document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what american could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's a legal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to make what would normally be illegal and legal what's even more disturbing is that as long as it's not americans who are being executed people don't seem to care all of the same poll seventy five percent of people approve of drone wars the target whatever the u.s. brands as a quote national security threat is the this exact mentality is the problem this blind faith is what led to americans being the targets of assassinations without due process our silence is complicity what are we going to wake up to this flawed logic when the predator drones a
document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what american could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's a legal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework...
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the withdrawal of over thirty thousand troops from afghanistan the one of the main pledges in iraq obama's state of the union address examines the foreign policy areas that he wasn't too keen to talk about. saddam's broken israeli media a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying very hard to keep it quiet. and with europeans paying some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy to protect that money by looking for places that won't take such a hefty slice. worldwide news around the clock this is on the with me research and live in moscow welcome to the program barack obama used his first state of the union address on his second to try and appease lawmakers and taxpayers are making fresh promises to boost the economy and work hard on slashing the debt on the issue of foreign policy though the us president also announced that thirty four thousand troops will leave afghanistan by next february and he said now we now are joins me live here in the studio to bring us some more about this so what's most important policy foreign polic
the withdrawal of over thirty thousand troops from afghanistan the one of the main pledges in iraq obama's state of the union address examines the foreign policy areas that he wasn't too keen to talk about. saddam's broken israeli media a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying very hard to keep it quiet. and with europeans paying some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy to protect that money by looking for places that won't...
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takes a look at the global issues president obama wasn't keen to talk about during his much anticipated state of the union address. also in the news of the pope is to be the for is the head of the catholic church to step down in six centuries call shocked across the world of the pontiff that his health no longer permitted him to fulfill his cheap. you're watching r t the weekly with me would say it's good to have your company with us here in that the russian capital in was the major that became a huge media star and of the want event that dominated the headlines at the end of this week shooting and slashing across the skies of central russia it is one of the only. times media of such a size has been captured coming to earth residents are shot flitters on desk cameras a mobile phone from every angle possible it all fell in the year old as it broke up explosions shattered windows especially doors and rocked buildings leaving war than twelve hundred people injured the guest from space also managed to steal the spotlight from an even bigger straw and that made a record close approach to ear
takes a look at the global issues president obama wasn't keen to talk about during his much anticipated state of the union address. also in the news of the pope is to be the for is the head of the catholic church to step down in six centuries call shocked across the world of the pontiff that his health no longer permitted him to fulfill his cheap. you're watching r t the weekly with me would say it's good to have your company with us here in that the russian capital in was the major that became...
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news around the clock this is with me and live in moscow welcome to the program barack obama used his first state of the union address on his second to try and appease lawmakers and taxpayers making fresh promises to boost the economy and work hard on slashing the debt on the issue of foreign policy though the us president also announced that thirty four thousand troops will leave afghanistan by next february. joins me live here in the studio to bring us some more about this policy foreign policy is a fairly mixed bag of issues are being said by a by the american president of course and that big news on afghanistan top the address president obama himself saying that after over a decade troops are coming home by the end of twenty four teen obama pointing out that there are. two missions at hand now preparing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again those were his words the key words here again as if it's not as if it's now a stable place just today reports coming in that ten civilians were killed in a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents now whi
news around the clock this is with me and live in moscow welcome to the program barack obama used his first state of the union address on his second to try and appease lawmakers and taxpayers making fresh promises to boost the economy and work hard on slashing the debt on the issue of foreign policy though the us president also announced that thirty four thousand troops will leave afghanistan by next february. joins me live here in the studio to bring us some more about this policy foreign...
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troops from afghanistan is one of the main pledges and barack obama's state of the union address though we take the time here at. the foreign policy area. to talk about. saddam's broken israeli media blitz a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government working very hard to keep it all underground. and with some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy take flight to protect their cash on small businesses which is saying it's taking too big a. pleasure to have you with us here today on live in moscow with your news from around the world. barack obama used the first state of the union address so of his second term to try and appease lawmakers on tax payers making fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt on the issue of foreign policy though the u.s. president did announce that thirty four thousand troops will be leaving afghanistan by next february and he said now we know joins us here on the program to give us the latest on the american president's state of the union a mixed bag of issues certainly domestic take in the foref
troops from afghanistan is one of the main pledges and barack obama's state of the union address though we take the time here at. the foreign policy area. to talk about. saddam's broken israeli media blitz a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government working very hard to keep it all underground. and with some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy take flight to protect their cash on small businesses which is saying it's taking too big...
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after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents and while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction of afghanistan and that this year alone it's expected another thirty billion dollars could be spent to nate this as the afghan state is rated one of the most corrupt in the world despite red flags from a watchdog monitory bad aid they say there's no way of ensuring all this money is going to the right place or whose hands the cash is falling into and that it's too dangerous in many places in afghanistan to safely observe what's happening well former and. some have become very rich including western officials well most
after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents and while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so...
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document on the obama administration's and big us criteria for what americans could be incinerated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's illegal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal to put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to make what would normally be illegal legal what's even more disturbing is that as long as it's not americans who are being executed people don't seem to care all of the same poll seventy five. percent of people approve of drone wars to target whatever the us brands as a quote national security threat is the this exact mentality is the problem this blind faith is what led to americans being the targets of assassinations without due process our silence is complicity in what we're going to wake up to this flawed logic when the predator drones are above our houses taking out our family and friends. loo
document on the obama administration's and big us criteria for what americans could be incinerated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's illegal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal to put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to...
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barack obama's state of the union address sees a pledge to pull thousands more troops from afghanistan about early next year but the targeted killing of terrorist suspects including americans without charge or trial fails to make because by his speech. north korea faces more sanctions as the u.n. security council strongly condemns the young young said and most powerful underground nuclear test today. is high earners on the bond and head away europe's small business owners call the government's taxes suffocating as the pressure mounts during tough financial times. news from russia and around the world this is see with me. hello and welcome to the program bronco bamma devoted his fast state of the union address of his second term to trying to appease lawmakers and talk spares with fresh promises to bruise the economy our debt and deficit reduction of the occupation force in afghanistan was also announced with thirty four thousand troops to use in the by next february but such a sticky issues were notably left out of the speech as our team is going there to check our calls. although the p
barack obama's state of the union address sees a pledge to pull thousands more troops from afghanistan about early next year but the targeted killing of terrorist suspects including americans without charge or trial fails to make because by his speech. north korea faces more sanctions as the u.n. security council strongly condemns the young young said and most powerful underground nuclear test today. is high earners on the bond and head away europe's small business owners call the government's...
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barack obama's state of the union address sees a pledge to pull more troops from afghanistan but the targeted killing of terror suspects fails to graze his speech. north korea faces mall santa rosa the un security council strongly condemns the only and seven most powerful underground nuclear test to date. and as high earners and the banks have had a way europe's small business owners call their governments taxes suffocating as pressure mounts during tough financial times. international news and comment live from moscow this is aussie was me hello and welcome to the program. barack obama devoted his first state of the union address of his second term to trying to appease lawmakers and taxpayers with fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt and deficit a further reduction of the occupation force in afghanistan and also announced with a social four thousand troops due to leave by next february but certain sticky issues were notably left out of the speech as archie is going there to check our report. although the president try to speak in most generic terms on foreign policy on
barack obama's state of the union address sees a pledge to pull more troops from afghanistan but the targeted killing of terror suspects fails to graze his speech. north korea faces mall santa rosa the un security council strongly condemns the only and seven most powerful underground nuclear test to date. and as high earners and the banks have had a way europe's small business owners call their governments taxes suffocating as pressure mounts during tough financial times. international news and...
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going to church account with commentary from washington and his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats that the country is facing first of all pair of spreading to different parts of the world for what he said although the u.s. is pulling troops out of afghanistan america's war on terror will continue to listen to this true different al qaeda affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the already raven peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is of all. but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupying other nations we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the greatest threat to america although there was no mentioning of the word drone everyone knew that's what the president meant when saying direct action with no u.s. troops involved what he did not talk about was the limits for this war that there's an inspiration is waging with a remote control the justification that the administration gave john brennan's words we don't punish people for past
going to church account with commentary from washington and his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats that the country is facing first of all pair of spreading to different parts of the world for what he said although the u.s. is pulling troops out of afghanistan america's war on terror will continue to listen to this true different al qaeda affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the already raven peninsula to africa the threat these groups...
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big color takes center stage during barack obama's state of the union address about the targeted killing of terrorist suspects including americans without charge or trial fails to make the cut and paste the speech but he did pledge to pull out thirty four thousand troops from afghanistan and the next year. north korea faces more sanctions as the joint security council strongly condemns pyongyang certain most powerful underground nuclear test to date. and this is beyond their bags and head away europe's small business owners called their governments taxes suffocating as pressure mounts during tough financial times. for russia under around the world this is the was an e.u. less of a hello and welcome to the program barack obama devoted his first state of the union address of his second term to trying to appease lawmakers and taxpayers with fresh promises to bruise the economy and slash debt and deficit but certain policy issues which washington has been criticized for were notably left out of this speech to alter he's going to sure can. he certainly talked about the economy which according
big color takes center stage during barack obama's state of the union address about the targeted killing of terrorist suspects including americans without charge or trial fails to make the cut and paste the speech but he did pledge to pull out thirty four thousand troops from afghanistan and the next year. north korea faces more sanctions as the joint security council strongly condemns pyongyang certain most powerful underground nuclear test to date. and this is beyond their bags and head away...
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barack obama's state of the union address sees a pledge to pull more troops from afghanistan but they targeted killing of terror suspects fails to graze his speech. north korea faces mall sanctions as the un security council strongly condemns pyongyang seven most powerful underground nuclear test to date. and as high earners and their bags have had a way europe's small business owners call their governments taxes suffocating as pressure mounts during tough financial times. international news and comment live from moscow this is our c. was me hello and welcome to the program. barack obama devoted his first state of the union address of his second term to trying to appease lawmakers and taxpayers with fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt and deficit aside the reduction of the occupation force in afghanistan and also announced was that essentially full size and troops do say leave by next february but certain sticky issues were notably left out of the speech as once he's going there to check on reporters. although the president try to speak in most generic terms on foreign
barack obama's state of the union address sees a pledge to pull more troops from afghanistan but they targeted killing of terror suspects fails to graze his speech. north korea faces mall sanctions as the un security council strongly condemns pyongyang seven most powerful underground nuclear test to date. and as high earners and their bags have had a way europe's small business owners call their governments taxes suffocating as pressure mounts during tough financial times. international news...
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do you think president obama appointed chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say we will see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine to be america's relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the hail appointment we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with . who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia and that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for real coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran there is an argument often made in washington that it's fall would be a strategic victory against iran what can you say about an approach like that first of all at this point iran's most important arab ally is no longer syria it's iraq thanks in no small part to the united states iran's most important strategic ally in the arab world is iraq. even in syria you know bashar al assad is still
do you think president obama appointed chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say we will see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine to be america's relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the hail appointment we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with . who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program but many of the covert programs that would...
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he the president obama. is. pursuing broad long term american interests in establishing a stable order in the middle east one of the issues that people are criticizing hable for a lot of the criticism actually comes because of some statements he made in the past namely i am a senator from nebraska not from israel the jewish lobby how do you think that will affect his nomination well i think his statement that he is the senator from nebraska from israel will actually be very positive for him. i think i think most americans will say yeah that's right he should be the senator from nebraska from israel of course there will be those supporters of israel who interpret it in a negative way but i think on balance that will be a pause a positive i think his comment about the jewish lobby. because of ursule i don't think it will stop his nomination. but it would have been better if he had said the israel lobby because there are of course many american jews who don't support. the positions of israel and so by using the ter
he the president obama. is. pursuing broad long term american interests in establishing a stable order in the middle east one of the issues that people are criticizing hable for a lot of the criticism actually comes because of some statements he made in the past namely i am a senator from nebraska not from israel the jewish lobby how do you think that will affect his nomination well i think his statement that he is the senator from nebraska from israel will actually be very positive for him. i...
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takes a look at the global use us president obama wasn't keen to talk about during his much anticipated state of the union address. and the news that the pope is to be the first head of the catholic church to step down and six centuries of course shot across the world the pontiff said his help the no longer permitted him to fulfill his duties. lives and that. i am here in the russian capital moscow you live with us on our to you with me to bomb would say it's good to have you company this morning it was the meteor that became a huge media star and the one event of the dominated the headlines this week searching and flashing across the skies of central russia one of the only times a major of such size has been captured coming to earth residence shot footage from every single possible shot as it fell in the urals the guests from a space also stole the spotlight from an even bigger asteroid that made a record close approach to the earth on friday which is you got a piece going up has been tracking the shooting star. it was like a scene from a movie but with one exception it was real first
takes a look at the global use us president obama wasn't keen to talk about during his much anticipated state of the union address. and the news that the pope is to be the first head of the catholic church to step down and six centuries of course shot across the world the pontiff said his help the no longer permitted him to fulfill his duties. lives and that. i am here in the russian capital moscow you live with us on our to you with me to bomb would say it's good to have you company this...